2010 Cram for the Exam

 

  1. Check and Balances
  2. Separation of Power
  3. Filibuster
  4. Progressive Tax—Rich taxed at a higher rate than poor
  5. Federalism
  6. Bureaucracy
  7. Federalist 10 and 51
  8. Iron Triangle—Sometimes called an issue network
  9. Interest Groups—access to policy making
  10. Supreme Court—process of selection
  11. Selective Incorporation—Gitlow, Mapp, Gideon
  12. McCulloch, Marbury, Roe, Brown
  13. Campaign Finance—2300 per election contribution limits, McCain-Feingold, 527 plan
  14. 14th Amendment—equal protection clause, due process clause
  15. Differences between House and Senate—House=rules committee, Senate=Filibuster
  16. Bill of Rights—All of First Amendment, 2nd Amendment, 4th Amendment, 8th Amendment, 10th Amendment
  17. Gerrymandering
  18. Executive Office vs Cabinet
  19. Formal vs Informal Powers of President—informal=implied and inherent powers like executive orders, executive agreement, executive privilege, media
  20. Bully pulpit
  21. Primary—open, closed, blanket
  22. Caucus
  23. Frontloading—Iowa caucus and NH primary
  24. Primary—much more ideological
  25. Weakness of Articles of Confederation
  26. Shays Rebellion
  27. Buckley vs Valeo
  28. Devolution—1990Õs power back to state—state sets own welfare laws
  29. Power of the Present—has it grown to a pt of being unchecked—Nixon was called an imperial president
  30. Commerce Power—Necessary and Proper Clause—Implied Powers
  31. Powers of Congress and President in foreign policy
  32. Crosscutting Cleavages
  33. Grants—Block, Categorical
  34. Mandate
  35. Reapportionment
  36. Transparency—or lack there of—ex Executive Privilege
  37. Full Faith and Credit Clause
  38. How a bill becomes a law
  39. Standing Committee vs Conference Committee
  40. Lobbying
  41. PAC

 

 

Extra Thoughts

 

1.  Fight the fatigue—get a good night sleep

2.  DonÕt be frustrated when are asked a tough questionÉnobody gets a perfect

3.  CSPAN video library—search video by key words

 

 

AP EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2 ANSWERS

 

  1. D
  2. E
  3. C
  4. E
  5. A
  6. B
  7. C
  8. A
  9. D
  10. E
  11. A
  12. C
  13. D
  14. B
  15. E
  16. D
  17. A
  18. B
  19. D
  20. B
  21. D
  22. C
  23. B
  24. A
  25. D
  26. D
  27. C
  28. C
  29. B
  30. E
  31. B
  32. C
  33. A
  34. E
  35. B
  36. D
  37. D
  38. C
  39. E
  40. A
  41. D
  42. B
  43. E
  44. C
  45. A
  46. E
  47. C
  48. D
  49. C
  50. B
  51. A
  52. E
  53. C
  54. B
  55. D
  56. B
  57. A
  58. C
  59. B
  60. C